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TYLER - "If you live one mile from the gym as opposed to 20 or 30 miles to a gym, chances are you're probably going to utilize a facility."
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I've been torturing myself for the past week or so by re-watching season one of Heroes. If you've never watched it, Heroes was a great (in the beginning) live-action superhero show on NBC. The second season fell victim to the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike and it never really recovered. There hasn't been anything like it that I could really lose myself into–not Alphas, not even No Ordinary Family (which deserved better treatment than it could get on ABC Family, and which I would still love to write as a comic, if anyone connected is reading this!). I know that rewatching the show after season one is just going to disappoint me, but until the relaunch, I have nothing else.
Similarly, I've been re-reading 1980s issues of the Uncanny X-Men. I know that sometime around Onslaught (in 1997), if I keep reading in chronological order, like one does, I'm going to get disenchanted again, but I'll probably do it anyhow. Eighties and nineties X-Men were the best, as far as I'm concerned. From about '97 to at least 2007, I found precious little to enjoy, though the stuff that's been coming out the past couple years isn't too bad. At least there are those old issues to enjoy. One thing that I can't get away from is how much more engrossing an old issue of the X-Men was, compared to a modern issue of any comic I read (even the great stuff from Image and IDW). You could literally take almost half an hour to read an issue of the 80s X-Men, due to page count and story, but even the best stuff I'm reading these days maybe lasts twenty minutes. Maybe.
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Oh, my dear the economist!
No matter what you say, or think, or believe; Oil exploration in Brazil was, is and will most surely continue to be, a State monopoly. Which is to say: a Petrobras monopoly.
And why a requirement to source locally should draw criticism anyway??
If you're interested, come and invest here in Brazil. Do not expect Brazil to outsource in Britain or elsewhere. Thats what Petrobras is about by the way. Development of Brazil, in Brazil, for Brazilians (u know, "The oil is Ours" Campaign back in the 50's? It still resonates here)
And also, I just saw this piece in CNN about UK reluctance to target Bric countries (which includes Brazil, of course) for market investment.
And you are making too much about government plans to use the moneys and such. The best way to avoid the "oil curse" is just as the government proposes: The turn it into a fund for education and investment purposes or to use it as a financial cushion in the aspect of a sovereign fund. And not to allow for a spending spree as you make it sound like.
And Transparency International shows that in the UK for example, the level of corruption in the past 3 years as in 2010, has increased by 67%, above Brazil's 64%
...what say u The Economist?
Dear Mr Ripley:
Just what part of cbon58's comment do you refer to? Is it the one about "Shut down the international operations of the oilfield service companies..."?
But THAT IS NOT ABOUT TO HAPPEN! Not here, not now, not anywhere! EVER! That is one of those "but see here, if that were to happen than this would happen, etc ad nausean-Isle of fantasy kind of unreasoning". Not credible.
And Brazil allready is developing the tech. It's going to happen and in the end it's going to be 100% No-thank-you-I'll-do-it-myself-all-brazilian achievement.
Foreign companies can and must come here. We can use all the money you can innvest. Thats all that Brazil wants from the world and only just. And btw you do get a nice return for it. Period.
As for corruption, my comments are for the purpose that its all relative. That author commits the same sins of the politicians, speaking of the gold yet to come; when he passes judgement and presents a picture allready darkened by corruption.
I mean, come on! We're a democracy. A BIG one! Lots of interests, at all levels! Municipal, state and federal level! The government wants the money, The State of Rio de Janeiro wants it. The city wants it. Hell, the state of Acre wants it! And they'll be politicking for it. Does anyone think that kind of discussion and feet-in-mouth remarks wouldnt come?
Just tell me exacly where corruption has allready wasted the oil wealth? For all the scourge it is, I dont think it's that much of a factor here.
Tell me exactlly how a sovereign fund can "become a target for politicians used to scavenging for the wherewithal to buy votes"?? I think its not about buying votes at all, it's about securing (BY LAW) your share of the money-wealth-to-come.
So it's not so much about corruption as about the political maneuverings, ultimately defined by the Union, as to what is to be made of the wealth.
Is it going to be really shared? saved? spent? Etc?
For example, the military here wants a law seccuring a percentage of it to ensure a fund for re-equipment. Much like what Chile did with copper.
So all this political mongering is not, in my view, properly to be considered as corruption.
Finally, I make no excuses to corruption in Brazil. It is a scourge to this great country. But as i said, I do not accept it as having as large a hand in these matters as the article makes it appear to have. There's corruption everywhere, at all levels. It affects everything, we're all concerned about it, but its not defining it.
Britain has it's share and I merely stated that during a 3 year period it has been - in this continental nation of 190 millions - less than in the same period as in Britain. Britain being a far more tidy and compact little place, mind you.
You do not have the problem of big and small states almost wagging - and sometimes they do - fiscal wars to attract investment. And the cities are also sovereignties with power to battle for funds, taxes, etc. And then there's congress and the political parties and the federal government.
And allready there are those who feel this kind of issues should be most clearly adressed, stated and resolved in the Constitution, word by word, proviso-by-minute-deail-proviso.
So dont make democratic principles and all the pollitical game that comes with it to appear as that simple label: corruption.
It may be tempting, but it's not the truth.
You said: The UK is a completely different kettle of fish compared to Brazil. Period.
I take these words as mine and reverse them, to give you a different angle of the same statement: Brazil is a completely different kettle of fish compared to UK. Period.
Yes, big oil findings have been a curse for countries with weak governments, no stable democracy and overly dependent on a single natural resource.
But we have to look at the complete story. Countries already democratic and industralized did not unravel after finding oil and becoming big producers. Britain, Norway and the Netherlands come to mind. Oil was not a curse for them (even accounting for the Dutch disease).
Brazil is somewhere between the extremes - not yet fully developed or politically mature, but already with a big and reasonably diversified economy, and working hard to build a functioning democracy.
As big as the pre-salt oil can be, it will never become Brazil's only sizeable economic asset, as in Venezuela or Saudi Arabia, for instance.
So, things are not as clear cut as it seems - there is certainly a risk that too much Devil's excrement would ruin our best efforts to take off, but I guess we're in a better position than other countries that literally drowned on oil before they had the chance to build a more diversified economy. It's up to us, really.
New regulatory framework for the subsalt is a historic breakthrough. Brazil will have a fund with the oil profits. The income from this fund will be invested in education, technology, and existing social network to reduce poverty of country. The goal is to have a larger middle class and be the world's fifth largest economics soon.
@ Mr Ripley,
It seems you think Brazilians are governed by a bunch of narrow minded people and that it will, with no doubt, follow the same mistakes as other rich developed countries. You guys know everything. Don't you?
Come on. Seriously? Brazil will keep borrowing more money, more leverage and more debt? Are we talking about the Europe and U.S., which keeps printing more and more fake money and therefore destroying their child's future? Or are we talking about one of the BRIC countries that not long ago went from debtor to creditor to the IMF?
Brazil is getting to the perfect combination. Having abundance of natural resources and always improving technical knowledge. I am an expat Brazilian engineer and I got to tell you that people from BRIC countries and other developing countries living in the "1st world" are the hardest and more technically prepared people I've ever met. That's the mentality of people getting education in developing countries nowadays. They want to succeed and innovate. Just look for family names of engineers working in research for these companies cbon58 just mentioned.
Where do you think the major engineering undertakings are taking place nowadays? BRIC countries and other developing nations. Look at the modern marvelous China is becoming.
UK is reluctant in investing in BRIC countries? Who cares about what UK says or thinks anymore? UK should pray for the BRIC countries to have an interest in investing in UK.
On the technical side, let's be honest here. Brazil (Petrobras) has oilfield technology at the integration & management levels. And they are very good at that. They can drive a very sophisticated vehicle quite well. But the actual technology - the stuff humming under the hood of that vehick=le - is mainly American, plus some British and some French plus a myriad of small players (Germany, Holland, Norway, Brazil, Denmark, China, Russia, Korea, etc) delivering about 10% of the rest.
Shut down the international operations of the oilfield service companies (Schlumberger, Halliburton, Baker and Weatherford) and the big offshore engineering companies and no one country except the US can drill and bring to production an offshore well in deep waters.
Hopefully Brazil will wake up and start developing technology locally. This is a great opportunity to also improve their technical development. But they have a very long road to travel after centuries of mismanagement in education. This is no joke - a typical guy serving coffee in their Legislative and Judicial courts (Camara and Senado Federal), when not employed by an outsourcing company, earns considerably more than a guy with a PHD in Stanford or MIT teaching in a federal engineering college.
You are way too pessimistic in my opinion. I believe the oil findings in Brazil happened at the best moment possible. If they had occurred 30 years ago, it would be a disaster, but in a region that is slowly embracing democracy (albeit with some notable set-backs) these oil findings can propel Brazil into a modern superpower that cares for its own people and elevates the entire region. As of today, I would much rather invest in Brazil than, say, any south European country.
@ Orcus,
Sure. North Sea and better run places? We already forgot to what happened to the Gulf of Mexico (BP), the Alaska Oil spill, etc… etc…
Petrobras is drilling far deeper than BP or anyone else and it is doing a much better job. How many oil spills took place in Brazil's South Atlantic Sea?
BTW, Tar Sands is an environmental crime against the Canadian landscape. But that's ok, as long as Canada sells cheap oil to the US and can make a few bucks.
Better run places?
I am Brazilian and I worry very much about the so-called "Oil Curse" after all, no matter what anybody says, we still resemble what Venezuela used to look like before that crazy sob Hugo Chavez became the dictator there. As for the other big oil producers Norway, England, Canada, Holland and the USA, well, no one could successfully argue that Brazil resembles any of them even remotely, heck, it's actually a lot more like another economic hellhole; Mexico.
Dear Rodriguinho_2009
I should like to point out some facts related to your comment, which i hope are not based upon vainglorious and mere nationalistic verbiage, buth rather are a very lucid understanding, though personal, nevertheless anchored in the deeps of love for country and not I hope, high in the air in that ballon of passion, filled with the hot air of ufanism and empty of common sense and reason.
First, as the company that took pains and developed the technology to eventualy discover and also, has proved more than capable to explore the oil finds, why should Petrobras open development to foreign competition pure and simple? Critics counter as a matter of principle the eventual inability to develop the finds. But the very fact of reserving the rights to explore and develop, is indeed a net incentive to development and capitalisation.
Lets no forget also that Petrobras wants and has no impediments to joint ventures with foreign companies. In that fashion, the pace and advance of exploration remains in government hands and Petrobras ensures that it will be no intermediate but an active partner in every endeavour; any joint undertaking collaborating to continualy increase the pool of knowhow and expertise.
Indeed, the point of fact is that I dont know, i just CANT understand whats the matter with brazilians that stand against this model that ensures an ACTIVE participation of a BRAZILIAN company in every endeavor to explore and develop a BRAZILIAN wealth!!!!!!
It most definetively ensures that the company will NOT be passive in the process, merely standing by while other companies even though with more technology and know-how do the exploring.
And its just not about revenues and royalties here, please. As it is, monopoly ensures that Petrobras WILL be there even without the know-how, but if so will be able to produce partnerships to LEARN to and DEVELOP itself!
Foreign companies CAN and MUST be allowed to participate, but ONLY in such a way as to INCREASE Petrobras' expertise in her trade. And they STILL will be very handsomely paid for it! Otherwise none would ever come, now would they?
Just because deep water drilling and production is a RISKY and DIFICULT business is no reason to trow away what must be a strategic monopoly of prime concern to increase the country's standing in its complex niches. Each one of them being a sucess story and particular advancement of the nations capacities and marked banner of progress on its own. And anyway, Petrobras has shown itsef capable to capitalize funds for such a magnificent undertaking (69$ Billion it was - http://imarketnews.com/node/19755)
Brazilians must seize the new reality to increase their knowledge, their education, their well-being, and their quality of life; because fortunately the Brazil won't come back being what it was before. Brazil will be the world's fifth largest economy soon
I don't think President Lula is called Lula because of his hair. Lula is a common nickname for Luís Inácio, like Joe for Joseph or Bill for William.
"That's a pretty big 'if' ...".
Indeed it is. I'm a Canadian engineer who worked on Petrobras' P-36 platform in 2000; it's the one that blew up and sank, taking 10 of my colleagues with it.
One of the things that I'd REALLY be worried about is the VERY high rate of accidents on Petrobras platforms. There would typically be 2-3 important (by Canadian standards) industrial injuries per week. Add to that the fact that it was considered OK to have communal BBQs on the main deck of Petrobras' a couple of times per week and safety and security don't have the same weight as in the North Sea and other better-run places.
Oaoaoa did you read the article correctly?
Why is everyone talking about hair? Focus on the economics!
Well done! The economist raises some of the truly important issues that were just brushed aside during the discussion of the new regulations for exploration and production in the presalt play. No wonder the vainglorious and nationalistic types flooded this forum with their "progressive" and pro-government verbiage.
The new legislation ends in the presalt play a system that fostered competition, expanded the oil industry, created new jobs and boosted Petrobras production by 50%. Not to mention the relative growth of oil revenues from less than 2% to almost 10% of the Brazilian GDP. The new legislation reinstates in practice the Petrobras monopoly and that cannot be good for anyone, except the beaurocrats and politicians controlling it.
Anyone working in the oil industry knows that the Petrobras and the Brazilian government don't have the money to develop the presalt. Gosh not even the industry as whole has it. We all also know that there's no such a thing as golden ticket. Exploring in and producing from the presalt is RISKY and DIFFICULT, as Exxon's three dry wells testify: together they amount to a loss of over US$ 400 million.
Brazil has risen partially in the 20th Century.
1)It aided British rubber industry...
Brazil hasnt "aided" anyone. That make it sounds like as if every concrete and real achievement of industry or trade was some act of wanton kindness or unforeseen and unexpected accident. The British merely wanted to break a monopoly of brazilian rubber and at the same time, develop a very strategically commodity in a very strategically placed colony of immense geopolitical importance! And you cant plant rubber in the Amazon, Henry Ford tried to do that but it doesnt work that way. Brazil has had enourmous trouble trying to find a way of sustained development of the Amazom but, historically, it has always been about harvesting the forest bounty in a very primitive, handgathering way. And the liberal culture that favored the kind of commodity-export-manufacture-import culture of the pre-1930 Revolution Brazil sure didnt help. The only person of consequence that tried to do a real effort of business and industry was the Baron of Mauá, back in imperial times, and his was a very tragic story. And he deserves all the recognition this country and countrymen can give.
Perhaps Brazil could learn from Italy's mistakes...
I think we need to learn with our own mistakes, if you will; of which there are too many abounding examples. Brazilian solutions to brazilian problems. But the fact of the matter is that Brazil, as the idea of the modern nation of Brazil; began only after the 1930's. Thats when a real project of national character took place and when at last, the integral union of the many Brazil's started to come into a real significant whole.
This country has indeed of late, recognized the existence of a "brazilian dream" where commom people has a voice and the chance to achieve more in their lifetimes. The figure of the late president Lula comes to mind (from his poor origins to the presidency it was quite a success, wouldnt you say? No matter what controversial thoughts people may entertain about him). That is a cultural revolution of no small impact.
Indeed there has been figures of entreprenurial stature that have done wonders of striving through the harsh barriers of cultural and societal obdurate appaty and immobility, to make a go at personal achievement. Otherwise there'd be no private industry in Brazil. Names like Natura, Gerdau, Votorantim or Taurus comes to mind. But I think of persons such as Gurgel now. That there currently is no Gurgel Motor Co. is a very sad testimony to the lack of entreprenurial culture and self-made man success stories. Like you described.
One can see that Brazil has seriously neglected its most
important raw material of all...
A superb contribution! You hit the mark squarely and to the point. Indeed, Brazil is already paying the price. There is a shortage of engineers and technicians to help the expanding economy in a sustainable way. Their lack of is a sore setback many times expressed so far. And expensive, too. Indeed, the doctors and health care personel in this country is paid poorly. Teachers lack the recognition, respect and even social deference and adulation they should have, not to mention a paycheck that properly reflects thus.
But I like to think that there is an increasing social awareness to this matter and slow as it may be, Brazil IS moving in the right direction. People center too much of their attention to the big coastal cities. Indeed, the neme of the nation refers very much to the Pau-Brazil wood that would be found only at the coastal shores. But Brazil is so much more than that!
Indeed, the countrys interior is a very rich and increasingly developed place. Look at the small and medium sized cities of the interior landmass. They are becoming rich and developed and are pulling up every social indicator of notice. Trully I like to say to friends and acquaintances: There's much more to Brazil than what you see in Rio or São Paulo! Thank God Brazil is more than that!
Finally, a critical point of fact: Why do you name yourself Anti BR. For it stands for Anti Brazil, doesnt it? Dont you see it makes any remark you may post suspiciously biased and therefore intrinsically compromised in any intelligible way? It doesnt compromise everything, for sure. But it does leave an aftertaste of personal grudge and lack of factual impartiality.
The Economist often underestimate the Brazil Economy success and potential.
Brazil has global economic power.
If we consider that 13 companies from Brazil are multinacionals.
For example BurgKing, Budweiser, meat producer (JBS), Vale, EMBRAER...
Also Brazil is the biggest Agribusiness in the World, as soya, sugar, meat, etanol, steel...
The largest private brasilian Bank Itaú Unibanco ,is among the world's 15 biggest.
By 2016 Brazil will likely surpassed Britain'S GPD.
Petrobras under Lula's Presidency become one of the biggest Energy Company in the World.
For this reason Lula deserve more respect.
Dear James:
You have presented a most lucid and clear view, but in regards to some of the points you've made, I beg to differ about these issues:
The state of Russia today is not in my opinion, inasmuch as oil-related commodities are concerned, the sole result of Russia being resource rich. It is rather due to complex and juxtaposing factors of history, climate, religion, society and the political drive and ideology that furthered the empire, the Tzarist or Red Communist. Just look at the fact that weapons expenditures have dominated much of russian industry and budgets for all time. How does a country develops an export base in such conditions? And yet Russia had an admirable industrial base already at the star of the Great War of 1914. Look what Japan did after 1945, under U.S. defense umbrella, when it didnt had to spend so much with its Armed Forces. Look what China did, priorizing its export trade at the cost of a military noted only for its gigantism and now that has achieved industrial growt, look at it's soaring military expenses, doing catching up. And I would caution the word "disfunctional" when used to describe Russia. It is an extremely complex nation, that developed its very "russian" equilibrium to preserve and give rule to such a massive, multi-ethnical landmass, and still preserve the position of rus and the slavs.
Mexico has for a long time being a one party regime, due to the heritage of the Mexican Revolution. It has led to many of it's current problems, but her resources of oil have become part of the many problems she has to resolve, not I believe, the cause of her ills.
You present the brazilian scores at the PISA test as a verdict. It should be nothing of such accord. Rather, one should look at the impressive and consistent results Brazil has started to achieve from since the initiatives of the Cardoso Administration. It needs improving? Most definitively! But thats what the Pisa test is, and not some death sentence as you make it appear. Were Brazil to score highter and jump forward and remain there, it would still take the test, wouldnt it?
Why enjoying a commodity boom should be branded as mere luck? You discard all the history, some 50 years old or more, of Brazil's consistent build-up of a industrial complex based on commodities exploitation and exportation. If Brazil is reaping the benefits of China's need to fuel it's growt, it is justly and deservedly so because Brazil has poised itself to explore this market to the fullest!
It was commodities that were at the root of this country's very beggining. Why is it something intrinsically "evil" like you make it appear to be?
Quite to the contrary, Brazil is on the verge of becoming the world's breadbasket, and say what you will, even at the darkest of depressions, people will allways need to eat. Thats the one commodity that will always sell.
Now, it is not good and proper for Brazil to focus solely on its commodities. Brazil shoul be able to sell the processed stuff, adding value to it. But each nation must play with the cards it gets, and Brazil has always had strong competitive advantages with commodities. We should improve on that.
Also, this country has also managed to build from scratch some amazing industrial and technological niches which are a credit to it's capacity to develop scarce skills and add value to it's exports.
I dont think Brazil's export sucess has nothing to do with "confusing with a valid global vision to the future". Brazil wants to export and import more, but without imploding its outdated industry in the process of opening to the global market!
If anything, that's one hell of a vision. Look at Brazils opening strategy as related to the Mercosul initiative and its current presence in Argentina. From the lost decade of the 80's to today's standing (a mere 30 years, including transition from dictatorship to democracy; which should put any country in jeopardy for some five to ten years: look at eastern Europe and other south american dictatorships, for example).
What has been most consistent in modern Brazils history, contrary to your statement of confusing export boom with valid global vision for the future, is the fact that Brazil has most definitively pursued a path of almost industrialization at any cost! And by the way, it has costed dear to the commom people. How it has! So that the only lack in this "global vision" was the lack of a more humane component together with a drive to industry.
I dont see no such thing as a "corrupt outlook inheriting superior to the so-called declining powers of US and UK". It sounds as if Brazil has had the Corruption Revolution and want to export it to the World! What Brazil has is a VERY BAD case of corruption, but most of all, even WORSE than corruption, for there is corruption in every country; is its IMPUNITY. Now THIS is Brazils real problem. Impunity makes corruption a viable alternative, a desirable path and a usefull shortcut.
Brazil has a bright future. They will continually become more important the energy markets, both in fossil fuels and renewables. Petrobras is not only looking to export its oil, but its sugarcane ethanol as well. As many other commenters have remarked, the influx of commodity cash must be very carefully managed. Look very closely at Mexico, which in the late 1970s discovered it was sitting on the worlds second-largest oil field (Cantarell), and somehow, in 1982 wound up defaulting on its sovereign debt. And to this day the Mexican government depends on oil exports for at least one third of its budget, resulting in one of the world's most ridiculous and unsustainable fiscal systems. The "pot of gold at the bottom of the ocean" can turn into a nightmare if so terribly mismanaged.
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"This is Polestar's interpretation of the Volvo S60," says Christian Dahl, founder and CEO of Polestar. "It's a car developed with our own preferences in mind -- although we know they are also shared by active drivers."
Make no mistake, it is an exotic in its own right - but with refinement and precise handling. All of this technology results in a more intense, real-life Volvo driving experience.
"We approached this project by looking at the production Volvo S60 as a platform for a potential race car - and the culmination of that data went into the design of the S60 Polestar Concept," explained Jan Andersson, chief engineer at Polestar.
The S60 Polestar Concept delivers the genuine Volvo driving experience with a high level of power and handling. The turbocharged, inline six-cylinder engine has been tuned to deliver a considerable increase in power and torque. The 508 horsepower and 424lb.-ft. of torque seem to dwarf the numbers associated with the horsepower and torque found in the T6 engine of the production car: 300 horsepower and 325 lb.-ft. of torque.
The combination of a lowered, widened and reinforced chassis, a tuned Haldex all-wheel-drive system, and Öhlins suspension makes the car uniquely suitable for both high-performance driving and long-distance traveling.
According to Volvo Polestar racing driver Robert Dahlgren, "It is, by far, the most impressive street Volvo I've ever driven. But I must also say that the genuine Volvo feeling is still there."
Polestar has been Volvo's performance partner since 1996, offering tuning technology and parts enhancement to production-model vehicles. A Polestar-tuned S60 R-Design and XC60 R-Design currently are offered in the Volvo lineup, bumping their already stout performance from 300hp and 325lb.-ft. of torque to 325 and 354, respectively.
For 2013 they also come in head-turning Rebel Blue so they look similar to their cousin: the S60 Polestar Concept.
The Polestar performance upgrade can be purchased and installed in applicable new and used Volvos at any Volvo dealer. More information about Polestar and its expanding parts and technology offerings for Volvo production vehicles can be found at Polestar.com.
Brief Technical Overview: Polestar S60 Concept
Volvo T6 inline six
0-100kph (62 mph) = 3.9 seconds
Top speed more than 300kph (more than 186mph)
508hp @ 6500rpm
575Nm (424 lb.-feet) @ 5500rpm
Max rpm: 7100
Modified cylinder head and combustion chambers
Modified inlet manifold and air intake
Garret 3171 turbo
Ferrita 3.5" stainless steel exhaust system
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Polestar Performance, with its headquarters in Gothenburg, Sweden, is Volvo Car's official motorsport and performance partner. Polestar has collaborated with Volvo since 1996 and is currently responsible for all of Volvo's major undertakings in motorsport. Please also refer to the Polestar media site at www.polestar.com/pressroom for additional information.
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OpinionArab despots and the chemical weapons taboo Weapons norms matter, and are a major reason why despots in the Arab world have not deployed chemical weapons. 20 May 2012 13:17 GMT | Politics, Australia, Egypt, Libya, Syria Despite fears that they would do so, neither Gaddafi, Assad, nor Mubarak used chemical weapons during Arab Spring uprisings [EPA]About the Author NAJ Taylor N.A.J. Taylor is an honorary research fellow at La Trobe University's Centre for Dialogue, and a doctoral researcher in the School of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Queensland. @najtaylor "Can you believe that Mubarak al Shamekh (defected)?" begins Gaddafi. "He's crazy," El Sari replies. "He's the chairman of the General People's Congress, a position beyond his dreams. What more could he want?" reasons Gaddafi eight days before NATO-led forces began operations. "When I meet Eisenhower, should I give the Nazi salute, or shake his hand?" -Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler, Der Untergang/The Downfall (2004) Melbourne, Australia - History is replete with instances where political leaders, uncertain of their hold on power, appear to us now to be oblivious to their own downfall. Exclusive wire taps on Gaddafi's inner circle Only last week, Al Jazeera aired exclusive voice recordings (said to be) of Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi in his final days [quoted above]. At one point Gaddafi speaks privately with a confidant about a high-profile defection: "What more could he want?", Gaddafi can be heard saying - as if, with NATO forces closing in, Gaddafi and his loyalists still had a chance of retaining leadership, and the defector hadn't begun to manufacture alternate "dreams". Within three months of that particular recording, the International Criminal Court had issued a warrant for Gaddafi and his leadership team for two counts of "crimes against humanity". The startling point of this exchange, I think, is not so much Gaddafi's rampant ego, his undying optimism, nor even the degree to which his reasoning appears divorced from political reality; rather, it merely confirms that individual people often make decisions today with a view of what is likely to happen in the future. For Gaddafi's defector, then, the job was great while it lasted, but the possibility of a life - even one in poverty, as Gaddafi goes on to suppose - is better than a few more days of political power. The same logic drove Gaddafi, as well as a number of other despotic Arab leaders. I can illustrate this by examining their actions in relation to chemical weapons during the Arab Spring. While public and policy-maker attention was fixed firmly on the potential proliferation concerns (including on Al Jazeera's own "chemical weapons" blog), I'd suggest greater attention be paid to the rhetorical positions and deployment of chemical agents against national citizens during the Arab Spring. Gaddafi and the chemical weapons taboo Despite widespread fears, Gaddafi is not believed to have deployed his chemical weapons arsenal at any stage during the conflict - in effect, he observed his 2003 commitment to voluntarily disarm his entire WMD capability in return for improved political and economic relations, as well as Libya's 2004 duties as a State-party to the 1993 Convention on Chemical Weapons, which effectively outlaws the production, development, stockpiling, transfer and use of chemical agents on the battlefield (note as per my last blog post, this does not necessarily hold in peacetime). This is, in part, because he was said to have dismantled the aerial munitions stocks necessary to deploy his stockpile of chemical weapons. But there is only circumstantial evidence offered by various defectors (here, and here) that Gaddafi attempted to deliver these weapons by other, cruder means. As the conflict drew to a close and Gaddafi was killed, it became clear that Gaddafi in fact had a number of undeclared chemical weapons sites in addition to the one frequently inspected at al-Jafra. While Libya had begun destroying 25 metric tonnes of mustard blister agent in 2010, as the conflict began, Gaddafi's forces still had an estimated 9.5 metric tonnes intact. As the conflict entered its final stages, international attention shifted from supporting the transitional forces through NATO, to the immediate safeguarding of nuclear and chemical weapons materials and equipment, as well as efforts to avoid conventional weapons proliferation to neighbouring states (particularly in Africa) and non-state groups. What hasn't been asked - even since I blogged on it last year - is why Gaddafi didn't use his chemical weapons. Did he believe he would emerge from the conflict victorious, and therefore needed to retain the support of the international community by not using additional force against his own people? Or was he possibly - and, if so, this would be a sensational finding for the strength of weapons norms - observing "the chemical weapons taboo"? Without documentary evidence, including public access to the 12,000 conversations Al Jazeera uncovered last week, we may never know. It is quite plausible that Gaddafi's non-use of chemical weapons was merely a logistical one. He may have, as a small number of reports suggest, attempted to reach his chemical weapons stores, despite the difficulty he faced in deploying them. Whatever the case, the argument I am putting forward is simply this: that the Arab Spring is worth closer study by arms control and disarmament specialists in light of the distinct lack of biological, radiological and chemical weapons deployments in these largely intra-state conflict against combatant and non-combatant, national citizens. Mubarak and the chemical weapons taboo Egypt, unlike Libya, has not signed on to the terms of the Convention on Chemical Weapons - and is therefore not subject to a ban on chemical weapons beyond the terms of the 1925 Geneva Protocol, which effectively bans the "first use" of chemical and biological weapons in inter-state conflict only. It does not explicitly obligate the State of Egypt to refrain from deploying chemical agents against non-combatants or, as is relevant in the case of the Arab Spring, its own citizens. Having deployed chemical weapons between 1963-7 against Yemen in violation of its commitments under the Geneva Protocol, and having sold some stores to Syria in 1972, Egypt presents a different case of norm contestation than does Libya. However, like Libya, Mubarak is only known to have legally deployed tear gas - a form of chemical weapon discussed in my last blog post - against the civil protest movement in his bid to retain leadership. Assad and the chemical weapons taboo Of all the Arab states, Bashar al-Assad of Syria has far and away the most extensive and sophisticated chemical weapons programme. And, like Egypt, Syria is only a State-party to the Geneva Protocol - and is therefore not bound by the more comprehensive terms of the Convention on Chemical Weapons. Furthermore, unlike Gaddafi, Assad possesses both the means to use them (including relatively long-range missiles), a military culture that has advanced expertise in their deployment, and supposed unfettered access to his stockpiles should he wish to deploy them. For mind, Assad has consciously grounded his Air Force as much as possible, in order to provide just cause for the NATO response that contributed to the toppling of Gaddafi in Libya. One of the few plausible rocks in the road for Assad remains the chemical weapons taboo. So why have only a few unverified reports (here, and here) surfaced of Assad deploying his chemical weapons? And why - as with Libya - is the international community only concerned with weapons proliferation to other state and non-state groups? My hunch remains that the chemical weapons taboo is so strong as to influence the actions of otherwise morally repugnant leaders as Gaddafi, Mubarak and Assad. So what is the chemical weapons taboo? Despite the greater Middle East being, in the words of former Egyptian foreign minister and arms control expert Nabil Fahmy, a "poster child for the failure of global and regional non-proliferation efforts", what then might explain the lack of chemical weapons deployments during the Arab Spring? One seminal study of chemical weapons, and in particular the historical antecedents of the moral opprobrium that has come to surround them, is Richard Price's monograph The Chemical Weapons Taboo. In it, Price challenges three lines of argument that had come to dominate the scholarly literature on the non-use of chemical weapons during World War II (as Price quoted the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute): "The two sides warned each other not to use chemical weapons at the risk of strong retaliatory action in kind; a general feeling of abhorrence on the part of governments for the use of CB [chemical/biological] weapons, reinforced by the pressure of public opinion and the constraining influence of the Geneva protocol; and actual unpreparedness within the military forces for the use of these weapons". Quite apart from Price's inadequate avoidance of Zyklon-B in the Nazi gas chambers by defining it as a "poison" and not a chemical weapon, he goes on to (successfully in my view) dismantle each of the three lines of inquiry, instead establishing that: "It was not the case that it was utterly unthinkable for any belligerent to countenance chemical warfare. [...] Rather, the stigma against CW [chemical weapons] raised the threshold of circumstances under which one could justify a resort to CW to situations of desperation. [...] The political decision not to employ chemical warfare seems to have been based on the understanding that initiating chemical warfare could cross a 'red line beyond which all previous bets are off', according to a senior Bush [Snr.] administration official." This conclusion, I'd argue, must be taken up in relation to the seeming non-use of chemical weapons, yet widespread deployment of tear gas, throughout the Arab Spring. For to continue to divert the attention of scholars, policy-makers and the public towards non-state terrorism and other proliferation concerns is to overlook how weapons norms and deployments matter - not just in their intended arenas of inter-state warfare, but increasingly in civil uprisings as triggers to limit the possibility of foreign intervention. NAJ Taylor is a doctoral researcher at the University of Queensland, writing on the practice of environmental and humanitarian harm in contemporary warfare. Follow him on Twitter: @najtaylorSource: Al Jazeera
Battered Syrian town still defiant against Assad Despite the Syrian army's onslaught, the people of Taftanaz continue to support the uprising. Politics, Environment, Humanitarian crises, Middle East
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France's growing income inequality problem As the world's elite gather at the World Economic Forum in Davos, many Paris citizens struggling just to get by.
Greece election: The left's austerity showdown Main opposition Syriza party's platform of delaying debt repayment aims to sweep vote and undo austerity hardship. Politics, Germany, Greece
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The three part season finale concludes with Joe impulsively inviting his family to move in without consulting Mel first, on "Melissa & Joey," airing Wednesday, June 18 (8:00PM ET/PT) on ABC Family.
Still reeling from the unexpected news at the wedding, Joe impulsively invites his family to move in without asking Mel first, putting their new life together in jeopardy. Will she give in to an ever expanding household or will she break things off with Joe and run?
Meanwhile, Marco decides to make a commitment to Lennox while Zander tries to win her back. And Ryder takes an online course that earns him an unusual credential.
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Airline financial outlook improves due to lower fuel prices
The International Air Transport Association announced an upward revision to its industry financial outlook.
For 2013, airlines are expected to return a global net profit of US$12.9 billion. This is expected to improve to a net profit of US$19.7 billion in 2014. Both are improvements on the September forecast.
The upward revision reflects lower jet fuel prices over the forecast period as well as improvements to the industry's structure and efficiency. Passenger markets continue to outperform the cargo business, which remains stagnant both on volumes and revenues.
IATA expects 2014 to be a second consecutive year of strengthening profitability, beginning from 2012 when airlines posted a net profit of US$7.4 billion. Industry net profit margins, however, remain weak at 1.1 percent of revenues in 2012, 1.8 percent in 2013 and 2.6 percent in 2014.
The anticipated US$19.7 billion profit in 2014 would come on projected revenues of US$743 billion.
"Overall, the industry's fortunes are moving in the right direction. Jet fuel prices remain high, but below their 2012 peak," Tony Tyler, IATA's director general and CEO, said. "We must temper our optimism with an appropriate dose of caution. It's a tough environment in which to run an airline. Competition is intense and yields are deteriorating. Cargo volumes haven't grown since 2010 and cargo revenues are back at 2007 levels. The passenger business is expanding more robustly. Some airlines will out-perform our estimates and others will under-perform."
Forecast drivers include cargo demand, which remains largely stagnant. Airlines are expected to carry 51.6 million tonnes of cargo in 2013, increasing to 52.5 million tonnes in 2014. This modest increase in demand is expected to be offset by a decline in yields.
Despite the stagnation in the air cargo industry, belly capacity continues to be introduced as airlines seek to maximize on robust passenger demand. Cargo revenues are expected to be US$60 billion in both 2013 and 2014, which is basically unchanged from 2007 levels.
The "on-shoring" of production is having an adverse effect on the cargo business. Two forces are driving this. Since the recession, there has been a rise in protectionist measures by governments aiming to stimulate domestic economies. In tandem the effects of earlier liberalization are fading as costs rise in previously low labor-cost locations. These conditions are likely to extend over several years.
The World Trade Organization's Bali agreement to liberalize markets and improve trade facilitation is expected to be good news for the air cargo industry.
"Removing the red tape that restricts and slows trade is a positive goal. It aligns well with our own efforts to bring efficiency to air cargo through E-freight," Tyler said.
Other forecast drivers include the economic cycle. Global GDP is expected to expand by 2 percent in 2013 and 2.7 percent in 2014.
IATA also takes improved industry structure and fuel into account in its airline forecast. Improved industry structure and efficiency gains should allow the industry to leverage the improving economic cycle to boost profitability significantly in 2014.
A slight reduction in jet fuel prices is a major driver of the improved outlook. Following easing of tensions in Iran, oil prices are expected to see a slight downward movement from US$108.2/barrel in 2013 to $104.5/barrel in 2014.
Profitability varies greatly by region as well as by airline. All regions are expected to see improvements in profitability in 2014 compared to 2013.


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B. Ravindra Kumar of Sai Shrusti Enclave at Madhavadhara VUDA Colony woke up for his morning walk as usual on Saturday. He noticed the lock of the opposite flat lying on the partition wall as he walked out of his flat around 5.30 a.m.
He immediately alerted the watchman and the residents. "I discussed some common issues with the Owners' Welfare Association president, E. Somasundara Rao in our flat till 11.30 p.m the previous night after which he left," Mr. Ravindra Kumar, who is also secretary of the association, said.
A retired bank official Prasad and his wife stay in the opposite flat. He along with his family members often goes to Chodavaram to see his aged mother.
The flat is located on the first floor and the chances of shady characters keeping a watch on the movements of inmates are bleak.
The residents are in for a shock as this was the first time in 10 years that a burglary had been committed in their apartment complex. They feel that strict patrolling and thorough checking of suspicious characters during nights would help in checking such incidents.
A couple of months ago the Police Commissioner N. Sambasiva Rao had appealed to the people to inform the police station concerned whenever they go out on tour. The police had even offered to keep extra vigil on such houses during the nights.
Mr. Prasad and his wife go out of the city often. It may not be feasible for them to intimate the police each time they go out of the city. "We have decided to insist on the watchman to keep a vigil all through the night as advised by the police," Mr. Ravindra Kumar said.
In another case, a doctor appointed a man as security guard without verifying his antecedents and the accused utilised the first opportunity to steal gold and silver ornaments.
When his attention was drawn to the growing incidence of burglaries, the Police Commissioner said: "The overall crime rate has, however, come down this year compared to last year". The number of chain snatching cases that was 119 during 2007 registered sharp increase to 170 last year. He appealed to apartment owners to invariably instruct the watchman to keep a written record of the movements of strangers.
The Police Commissioner feels that citizens can breathe easy as around 400 constables, who are undergoing training, will join the city police in a few days and their services could be utilised to provide effective policing.
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Coding on a Message Board Question using NameScript
I'm looking to use some simple JavaScript code on a message board when I'm posting a reply to a thread. I believe there was some kind of namescript or namespace in JavaScript that would take the username of whoever opened the thread and place it in my post.
So for example, if I said in a thread, "Welcome to my thread, [namescript]" it would place your board handle in the [namescript] function.
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8 Everything that Jehoiakim did, including his disgusting practices and the evil he committed, is recorded in [The History of the Kings of Israel and Judah.] His son Jehoiachin succeeded him as king. | 8 The other events of Jehoiakim's reign, the detestable things he did and all that was found against him, are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. And Jehoiachin his son succeeded him as king. |
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